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Major producer of mulberry silk in India is ________.

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Jammu and Kashmir

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Jharkhand

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Karnataka

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Assam

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Himachal Pradesh

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Solution

The correct option is C Karnataka
Karnataka.
In India, the major mulberry silk producing states are Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Jammu & Kashmir which together accounts for 92 % of country's total mulberry raw silk production.

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